#bahrainf1highlights

Mercedes has got it wrong - again. The dominant team of 2014-2021 may have fixed last year’s troubles with porpoising and bouncing, but it has a new problem in 2023 - it’s just slow. In Bahrain it had the fourth-fastest car, with a very similar deficit to

In the end it took a slight assist from a Ferrari meltdown, but Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin did it: they delivered on the pre-season and early-weekend hype to take a podium finish in their first F1 race together in Bahrain. It’s a great validation for